Montenegro

Official Name:

Republic of Montenegro (Montenegro)

Area:

14.026 km ²

Population (2007):

684.736 inhabitants

Coastline:

293.5 km

Capital:

Podgorica (administrative capital)

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Bar

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Continental shelf: defined by treaty

Political divisions:

21 municipalities (opstini, singular - opstina); Andrijevica, Bar, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Herceg Novi, Kolasin, Kotor, Mojkovac, Niksic, Plav, Pluzine, Pljevlja, Podgorica, Rozaje, Savnik, Tivat, Ulcinj, Zabljak

Language(s):

Serbian (official; Ijekavian dialect), Bosnian, Albanian, Croatian

National holiday:

National Day, 13 July (1878)

Nationality:

Montenegrin(s)

Official time:

UTC 1. Daylight saving time: 1 hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Member of:

CEI, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICCt, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Internet country code:

.me

Economic Profile

Currency:

Euro (EUR)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD3.800 (2005 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD2.270.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

ND

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: ND
• Industry: ND
• Services: ND

Labor force:

259.100 (2004 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2004):

• Agriculture 2%
• Industry: 30%
• Services 68%

Unemployment rate:

27.7% (2005 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

3.4% (2004 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

ND

Budget:

• Revenues: ND
• Expenditures: ND

Public debt:

ND

Current account balance:

ND

Exports:

USD 171.300.000 FOB (2003 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

ND

Exports - Partners:

Switzerland 83,9%, Italy 6,1%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,3% (2003)

Imports:

USD 601.700.000 FOB (2003 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

ND

Imports - partners:

Greece 10,2%, Italy 10,2%, Germany 9,6%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,2% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

ND

Debt - external:

ND